A new study has affirmed what we’ve always known about bullies: They are losers themselves. The study found that men were more likely to harass female gamers when their skill level was lower than their peers’, whereas men of all skill levels were consistently cordial with other male players.

So, basically, men in the study were only nice to women players when they’re on the winning end.

While the study doesn’t give any solutions for this sexist harassment, it does frame it as an interesting response to the recent increase in female gamers that disrupted existing social hierarchies and left men at the bottom feeling threatened and leading to aggressive harassment.